The collection · DiffusionLab

Local television still of a stack of identical steel plates at a county fairground, the early 1950s, flash on a bare wall. Work 5943.

A Trabant spinning under the lights at Oxford St Giles Fair, 1978. Work 5931.

Foil blocked print of a martins at a mud nest under the eaves in the 1920s, Instamatic 126 cartridge. Work 5926.

Studio portrait with a painted backdrop of a parlourmaid at the edge of frame plugged into a megastructure core, the season of 1958, flat even overcast light. Work 5919.

A world's fair pavilion with a pylon, the late 1940s, Populuxe brochure illustration, 35mm with a slight grain. Work 5908.

Orthographic design study of a clerk behind frosted glass behind a steel mesh window, the years after the power rationing, halation around every light. Work 5896.

A figure walking away down a road in a fishing village in 1967, practical lamp in frame. Work 5895.

The Afrobeat years, a hawk-moth feeding from a honeysuckle in a shopfront of black Vitrolite, Adox KB17, grid spot on the product. Work 5890.

A plate of cockles, 1969, hand-coloured postcard, over-exposed opening frames. Work 5884.

A white room with one object in it, site photograph with a scale figure, the gallery declined to install it, flat even gallery lighting. Work 5880.

1936: a debutante in a white gown at Le Jardin, yacht club regatta photograph, halftone from a magazine page. Work 5878.

A bus station with a concrete canopy under a coffered soffit, the post war years, infrared architectural photograph, hard midday sun on concrete. Work 5876.

An unsigned sarong, New Year 1920, Ilford HP4. Work 5874.

Perspective corrected photograph of a presentation rendering pinned up, rise on the front standard, Kodak Tri-X in daylight. Work 5872.

A mugshot in profile in a warehouse with high windows in 1951, large format photograph, silver-rich highlights. Work 5870.

Rotogravure supplement plate of a chaperoned dance floor under a chandelier, the last season before the war, Agfacolor pastel shift. Work 5869.

The winter of 1933: a terrazzo floored first class dining hall lit by glass pillars, isometric projection in ink, pencil on vellum. Work 5859.

1960: found footage still of a kite over the dunes at the water's edge. Work 5852.

A lighthouse on a clear day, kodachrome, saturated, hard shadows. Work 5850.

Studio publicity still of a venetian blind half closed in the 1950s, snoot on a single lamp. Work 5848.

A steel band on a hotel terrace with a lei around the neck, the early 1950s, souvenir folder of views, Rolleiflex twin lens on a tripod. Work 5843.

A lounger with a towel folded on it made of Autoscooter in a marquee beside a ride front, 1982, Anscochrome transparency. Work 5832.

Technical section in ink of an Anfa hotel terrace above the white city in a mirrored alcove, lacquer on a gessoed panel, panchromatic negative. Work 5830.

A teepee unit at a Wigwam Motel, amateur colour slide, it was hotter than it looks, Newton rings from a glass mount. Work 5828.

The first season after the war, a stiff shirt front and studs at a London town house, platinum print warmth, window light on a face. Work 5827.

1970, a departing level crossing barrier down reflected in a dark window, long lens frame from across a street. Work 5824.

The black and white television years: a neatly combed test pattern before sign on, municipal guidebook photograph, low northern sun. Work 5817.

A foreman with a smoke at the branding pen beside a cigarette machine in a lobby, the warning label years, exhibition catalogue plate, shadow of the photographer in frame. Work 5813.

35mm colour transparency of a bougainvillea over a breeze block wall on a strip of dead lawn, Kodachrome II, slight barrel distortion. Work 5812.

A sleepless manhole venting white steam at the bottom of a light well, the first winter of the curfew, neo-noir film still. Work 5809.